Bataille

Battle of Samarra

19 juil. 1733 · 34.06° N, 44.08° E

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19 juil. 1733
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Bataille
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34.06° N, 44.08° E
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part of the Ottoman-Persian war (1730-35)

Battle of Samarra (1733)

Part of the Ottoman-Persian war (1730–35)

The Battle of Samarra was the key engagement between the two great generals Nader Shah and Topal Osman Pasha, which led to the siege of Baghdad being lifted, keeping Ottoman Iraq under Istanbul's control. The armed contest between the two colossi was very hard fought, with a total of roughly 50,000 men becoming casualties by the end of the fighting that left the Persians decimated and the Ottoman victors badly shaken…

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